Heather Erxleben
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Heather Erxleben (born 1966) is a former Canadian Forces soldier who was the first female to graduate from a Regular Force infantry trades training course. She graduated from the PPCLI Battle School in CFB Wainwright, Alberta on January 19, 1989.[1] Other women had attempted to pass the 16-week training course, but she was the first to succeed.
Her first assignment after training was to 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, at that time stationed in BC.[2] She was in the military for three years, and left the services after her initial commitment was completed.
Before her time in the Canadian Forces, Erxleben drove a truck for a lumber company.[2] As of 2006, Heather Erxleben is a nurse in British Columbia.[3]
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Sources
- "Woman, 22, Makes history as Canadian combat soldier" The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont: Jan 20, 1989. pg. A.5